HE BOUGHT HER TO SAVE HIS LEGACY. SHE STAYED TO SAVE HIS SOUL.
Elena Esposito was never meant to be part of the underworld. She was the invisible sister, the quiet baker, the girl who played by the rules. But when her brother gambles away money he doesn't have, Elena becomes the collateral.
Dante Valentini, the ruthless Don of Chicago, doesn't want money. He wants a wife. A symbol of stability to ward off the vultures circling his territory. He demands Elena as payment: a signature on a contract, a ring on her finger, and a life sentence in his fortress.
Elena expects a monster. She expects cruelty. Instead, she finds a man of terrifying control and lethal protectiveness. Dante is a cage of ice, but Elena is the only one who sees the fire burning beneath. As a rival family moves to destroy the Valentini empire, the line between prisoner and partner blurs.
